Health Information Management at Arkansas Tech University

If you are interested in studying health information management, you may want to check out the program at Arkansas Tech University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

ATU is located in Russellville, Arkansas and approximately 10,829 students attend the school each year. Of the 177 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Arkansas Tech University in 2021, 13 of them were health information management majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health Information Management section at the bottom of this page.

ATU Health Information Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Information
• Master’s Degree in Health Information

Online Classes Are Available at ATU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? ATU offers distance education options for health information at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

ATU Health Information Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks health information programs across the country. The following shows how ATU performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The health information major at ATU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Information Management. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools	14
Best Health Information Management Master’s Degree Schools	20
Most Popular Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Popular Health Information Management Schools	37
Most Focused Health Information Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56
	85
Best Value Health Information Management Schools	98
Best Health Information Management Schools	132

In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in health information from ATU. This makes it the #14 most popular school for health information master’s degree candidates in the country.

Health Information Student Demographics at ATU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health information majors at Arkansas Tech University.

ATU Health Information Management Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 13 students earned a bachelor's degree in health information from ATU. About 85% of these graduates were women and the other 15% were men. The typical health information bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at ATU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a bachelor's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

ATU Health Information Management Master’s Program

Of the 9 students who earned a master's degree in Health Information Management from ATU in 2020-2021, 44% were men and 56% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 14% men graduate in health information each year. ATU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 31% more men than average.

Of the students who received a health information master's degree from ATU, 89% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Arkansas Tech University with a master's in health information.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

ATU also has a doctoral program available in health information. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary

Careers That Health Information Grads May Go Into

A degree in health information can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AR, the home state for Arkansas Tech University.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Medical and Health Services Managers	4,900	$85,290

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Valis55 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.